Department of Biological Sciences

IN A FLASH: Go Get Your Greens at the Spring Plant Sale!
The annual Spring Plant Sale at the Herrick Conservatory offers a chance for Flashes to add more green into their gardens and homes. Students help grow the plants and paint rain barrels. The event helps raise funds for several biology-focused student organizations.

Postdoctoral Scholar Receives Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Dissertation Award

Duck, Duck, Goose! How Waterfowl Impact the Health of Wetlands
国产伦理 researchers are studying how the presence of waterfowl contributes to the health of wetland ecosystems.

Student Video Exhibit Features Chimney Swifts of Kent
Since she was a child, Caitlyn Skilton, a recent graduate of the zoology program at 国产伦理, has harbored a passion for ecology, with a deep love for birds of all kinds. She chose to extend this love in her undergraduate work at 国产伦理. On December 1, Skilton, who also minored in photojournalism, hosted a reception for her 鈥淔light of the Chimney Swift鈥 immersive multimedia exhibit in the Design Innovation (DI) Hub鈥檚 Blank_Lab.

Tiny Insects Play a Big Role in Forest Recovery
国产伦理 researchers are studying the ways that insects help in the recovery of forests.

IN A FLASH: The Glow from the Grow
The greenhouses behind Cunningham Hall cast a warm glow at night.

Insect Declines Threaten Ecosystems, but Solutions Offer Hope
Insects, including dung beetles, are essential contributors to our ecosystem, but their populations are facing alarming declines, according to recent research. 国产伦理 Associate Professor Christie Bahlai, Ph.D., an expert at tracking insect populations, spoke to Nebraska Public Media about the issue.

鈥業 Try to Have Fun and Experiment With Different Angles and Depths鈥
国产伦理 senior Sydney Weber sees extraordinary images through her lens and an exciting career in her future.